Cabinet



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CABINET Filed Sept. 12, 1935 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 III I Illlll Patented May 28, 1929.

JOSEPH A. HOEGGER, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

CABINET.

Application filed September 12, 1925. SeriaI No. 55,948.

My invention relates to improvements in that type of cabinet which is applied to a wall, which can be used as a closet or cupboard for any purpose, being particularly useful as a medicine cabinet.

Modern public or semipublic buildings, such as apartment houses, hotels and the like, are usually provided with shafts which are generally arrangedopposite the bathroom in which various pipes are located, this arrangement being for the purpose of making thev pipes accessible. Such shafts generally have openings into the bath rooms of "the building, and'jit is not unusual to close .this opening with some form of cabinet or closet. Heretofore the structures used for this purpose have been rather crude, difficult to remove and did not act as a seal to tightly close the openings, and as a result offensive 2 shaft odors were liable to pass through the bathroom. My invention is particularly intended to produce a simple and convenient cabinet which can be applied to such an opening in a manner to effectively and hand- 5 'somely seal the opening, and therefore I arran e the cabinet so that it can be very rea ily pulled out and swung to one side so as to leave the shaft opening clear.

My invention also is intended to produce a frame, usuall called in the trade a buck,

. which will fit n1cely in the wall opening and into which the building material of the wall can be projected soas to hold the buck or frame in place, which is also constructed to make a ood plaster line for the outside finish of the wall, and which is particularly adapted to securely and yet removably hold the body of the cabinet.

My invention also is intended to produce a secure and convenient means of hanging the cabinet and of supporting the cabinet door so that it can be swung wide open and lie flat against the adjacent wall without straining the hinges or any other part of in such structures, generally the door does not swing freely to the extent of it, and is quite likely to be struck by a person either to the injury of the person or the door, or

possibly bot My invention is also intended to produce a cabinet which, while particularly adapted for the purposes above stated, can also be secured in a wall which does not have the service shaft hereinabove referred to. These the structure. This is important because and other advantages will more fully appear from the following description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specificat1on, in which similar reference characters indicate corrwponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a broken plan view, partly in section, of a cabinet showing my improvement and position in a wall opening.

Figure 2 is a broken front elevation of the cabinet.

Figure 3 is a sectional plan of the cabinet and position in the wall, and partly pulled from its supporting frame.

Figure 4 is a View similar with the cabinet ly open.

Figure 5 is a sectional elevation on the line 55 of Figure 3.

to Figure 3, but pulled out and swung part- Figure 6 is a sectional plan of a slightly modified arrangement ofthe cabinet.

Figure 7 is a sectional elevation on the line 77 of Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a broken plan, partly in section, of one of the hinge elements of the cabinet.

Figure 9 is an elevation of the structure shown in Figure 8.

Figure 10 is an elevation of one of the lugs used in fastening the cabinet.

Figure 11 is a section on the linen-11 of Figure 10.

Figure 12 is a plan View of one of the cabinet door hinges.

Figure 13 is a section on the line 13-13 of Figure 12.

Figure 14 is an elevation of the tool suitable for removing one of the cabinet fasten- 1ng screws.

' Figure 15 is an end view showing the head end of a cabinet fastening screw.

Figure 16 is an elevation of the screw shown in Figure 15.

Figure 17 is an end view showing the smaller or shank portion of the screw.

Figure 18 shows the head or another form of fastening screw.

Figure 19 is a side elevation of the screw I frame is open from front to back so that when the cabinet which it contains is removed, easy access can be had through the frame to the shaft behind. The frame-has side flanges 15, shown clearly in Figure 3, which aregadapted to overlap the wall 11 and at the front edge the frame has side and top flanges 16, which, at their outerextremities are doubled back upon themselves at 16,- this part being preferably inclined, as shown clearly at Figure 3, so that the laster 17 which finishes the wall can fit in behind the inclined parts of the frame flange, and the latter serves to bind theplaster in place and prevent it fromcrumbling at the edge.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that the frame or buck is a frame open from front to back, having spaced attached flanges peculiarly constructed, but adapted ,in general to permit the wall 11 to be pulled or extended between the front-or the rear flanges in such a manner as to securely bind the-frame 10 in place.

Extending into the open frame 10 is a cabinet 18 preferably of metal, like the other parts, and in the present case it is rectangular to correspond with the frame, but'the shapeis not arbitrary. The cabinet may be given any preferred interior construction,

' and around its front edge has an outwardly seal for the wall opening.

extending flange which is formed into a head 19 andtherefore when the cabinet is pushed in to its furthest extent, this bead fits snugly against the peripheral or facing flange 16 of the frame or buck 10 and effects a tight When the cabinet is pushed into place it can be fastened in anyway to make it secure, but the fastenings should be such as to be readily adjustable- I prefer to use screws20 extending through the back wall of the cabinet near the top and bottom and engaging a lug' 21 which is fastened to the back of the frame 10 at the top and bottom parts thereof and projects slightly opposite I the back of the cabinet. The lug 21 is of sufficient thickness to permit of threads 22 in the hole 23 th'erethrough, and these threads may be mutilated and extended partially around the hole. If now the screw 20 is flattened as shown in Figures 16 and 17 and provided with corresponding threads 22* on oppositejsides .to fit the threads 22,

it will be observed that it is only necessary to give the screw a half turn in order to release it from its threads and permit it to be pulled out. This is facilitated by the fact that the head 20 is circumfcrentially grooved as shown at 24; and provided with lugs 25 in said groove. The tool 26 can be used to advantage with this screw, this tool. being slotted in the head as at 27 and having inturned lugs 28 so that the screw may bepushed in a way to have the lu s 28 enter the groove 24 and straddle one of'tihe lugs 25 and then by twisting the tool the lugs 28 engaging the lugs 25 will turn the screwlwhile the grooved head of the screw will be held in the slotted-head ofthe tool 26 and the screw may be easily removed.

Instead of this arrangement, a common screw 29 may be used, in which case the hole 23 will, of course, be provided with the customary instead of the mutilated threads. 3.

The screw 29 can haveits head pierced as shown at 30 so as to be engaged by the pins 32 on the head of the bit 31 and this can be turned in the customary .way to quickly tighten or loosen the screw. These examples are given to illustrate the fact that many quick acting devices can be used to securely I fasten the cabinet 18 in the frame or buck 10. To provide for moving the cabinet 18in and out of its frame and swinging it clear of the opening through the frame, I preferably use hinges having prolonged butts or if shanks 33 arranged near the top and bottom and on one side thereof, the hinge elements at their outer ends being offset at 34 to receive the hinge pintles'35 and these pintles can be concealed in the head 19, (see Figure ,4) and can be supported on blocks 36 se-' cured within the head, as shown by dotted lines in Figure 2. The butts orshanks 33 are longitudinally slotted as shown-M1317; (see Figures 8 and 9) the inner wall of -Tillie slot being counter sunk at 38 so as to receive the rounded head 39 of the pin 40 which is fasside, thus exposing the opening through the I 1 frame, and in case it is set in a shaft opening, leaving free access to the shaft. When the cabinet is pushed entirely in, it seals the g1 opening, as already described, and itcan be securely fastened by the screws 20, "or equivalent fastenings. The cabinet can be ornamented in any approved way, and is provided'with a door v l 41 having preferably a beaded frame 42 which can carry a glass front 43 if preferred, or the door can be of any approved no tened to the side of the frame'10. By this.

structure. The frame 42 fits snugly against the head 19 of the cabinet and is hinged to one side and has a knob 44, or equivalent means for opening the door. It is important to have the door 41.11inged'in such a way that it can swing wide open so as to lie flat against the adjacent wall. To this end I provide a fiat hinge 45 near the top and bottom of the door and the hinge is located on the opposite side from the hinge elements 83 and 34. The hinge 45 is preferably rounded at its outer end 46 and is attached by screws 47 and 48 to blocks 50 and 50 within the beads 19 and 42, as shown in Figures 12 and 13. The butt 45 is substantially concealed in the upper parts of the aforesaid beads 19 and 42, and the back edge is slotted as shown at 49, while the innor and side edges of the beads are slotted as at 19 and 42' so that when the door 42 is swung Wide open, as in Figure '12, the front or unslotted part of the bead 42 can enter the slots 49 of the two hinged beads and so the door will lie flat against the wall 17.

In F i ures' 6 and 7 I have shown a slightly modified means of securing the frame 10 in a wall opening which can be used where the opening does not connect ,with a shaft and will leave the cabinet substantially flush with the wall. As here shown, blocks 51 are arranged between the sides of the frame 10 and the ad'acent wall, and on the inner side of the lame opposite the blocks and between the wall of. the frame 10 and the side walls of the cabinet 18 are outer blocks 52. which may be of wood. vThe walls of the frame are slotted as at 10 opposite the blocks 51 and 52 and screws 53 may be inserted through the side Wall of the cabinet. The outer flange 16 of the frame 10, in this case, can be turned in as at 16 (Figure 6) to form a rectangular head. The operation of the device is as already explained.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that my cabinet makes a very pretty finish'and seal to a wall opening. It can be instantaneously locked against extendibledisplacement, and by loosening the screws 20 the cabinet can be pulled out and swung through from the opening of the frame 10. v The cabinet door, either when the cabinet with.

tening, shape and form of the parts illustrated and described can be modified to a great extent without effecting the principal of the invention.

I claim:

1. A structure of the kind described comprising a frame open from front to back and having means for attachment in a wall, a cabinet in the frame and havin a hollow head at the front side edge thereof, members slidably mounted in the frame and having offset portions entering'the aforesaid bead and a hinge connection between said sliding membersand the cabinet.

2. In a structure of the kind described, the combination of a cabinet havingk 'aded side edges and a door having beaded side edges, and hinged buttsconccaled in and connecting the aforesaid beads, said hinged butts being slotted between the opposed beads whereby the front of the door bead may swing into the said slots and of-the door.

3. A structure of the kind described, com: prising a frame open at front and back and adapted to form a lining for a wall opening, said frame having an outer marginal bead, a cabinet body movable freely in and out of the frame, said body having a marginal bead at its outer edge adapted to lie flat against the head of the frame, hinge butts slidable in the frame andconcealed, and hinged in the bead of the cabinet, and a door shaped to lie flat against the cabinet bead and having a hinged connection therepermit the wide opening 4. A box-like cabinet shaped to fit in a wall opening and having a marginal outer bead to fit against the wall around said opening, hinge butts slidably supported in the wall openings and entering and hinged in the adjacent bead whereby the cabinetv can be moved bodily from the opening and swung to one side thereof, and a door hinged to the opposite bead and adapted when closed to lie flat against it.

In .testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this September, 1925.

JOSEPH A. HOEGGER.

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